Self-indicating target.



0. KLEIN. SELF INDIGATING TARGET. APPLICATION FILED 00T.15, 1913.

` I Patented June 16, 1.914 s UNITED STATES PATENT.- oFFIcE.

OTTO KLEIN, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

SELF-mmcamrne "mman To a-ZZ @einem it may concern Be it known that, I, Orro KLEIN, a sub]ect i ofthe German Emperor, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Indicatmg Targets, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to targets of the kind described and shown in my United States Letters Patent No. 1072621, issued September 9, 1913, and has for its object to provide a more simplified structure.

My invent-ion is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which similar reference characters denote corresponding parts and `get is arranged and which has an open front.

adapted to be normally closed by a cover a? which is provided with a circular hole a3 of thesize corresponding to that of the target form separate sections capable of movemen disk.

The target proper consists of a circular disk composed of a number of individual concentric parts b, b', b2, b3, b4, b, bg, which independently o f one another.

Fixed to the sidewalls of and within the casing is a cross spindle e on which are' loosely mounted two sets of bars e, f, there being as many bars in each set as sections of the target. The two bars for each section are fixed to the rear and at opposite vsides of each section and 4at points located in a horizont-al central line of the' target disk. The bars at their lower end are spread or bent laterally, as at e2, f2, so as to permit the use of wide numberplates, and one bar of each section is -hook-shaped as at es, adapt-ed, as will be later explained, to engage a number plate correspondin section of the respective bar, While 4t e other bar f of the same section serves as a vcounterbalancin meanswhereby the section when struck will receive unison of Iemot/ement.

'In the present embodiment-of my invention, each of the bars e and f arev composite bars, i. e. it consists .oftwo sections Joined to one another, at their upper points by other bars are at-e2.

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i Specification ofLetters Patent. atenfed June 16, 19151,- Y Application led Dtober 15, 1913... Serial No. 795,178.

.rivets e4., f* and at their lowerlpoints by metal plates g. The central part or bulls eye of the target has only the composite bar e, ea (Fig. 2) of which the section e extends straight down instead of being bent as the By this suspension mechanism each section'of the target is capable of a movement in horizontal-direction independently of the others,and by virtue of the double suspension at opposite ends its movement will be uniform. Extend.- ing at the-lower end of the casing and' transversely Vtherethrough is a spindle l1, on which "are suitably mounted a plurality of angular plates i which in numbercorrespond to that of the sections of the target disk. These plates are pivoted or Vhinged on thespindle so as to be capable of freely turning thereon and are disposed in a horlzontalrow adjacent to one another. On the outer surface .of each plate certain numbers or figures are printed, embossed or otherwise applied, which numbers are adapted to indicate the distance or the number ofthe sections fro the bulls eye.

Normally, that is when the individua-l sec tions of the target areV in their projected fori ward position, the plates i are raised so as to rest with their v lower edges on the hookshaped endsof the bars e, as shown in Fig.4

2. When, however, While' shooting, a sec'- tion of the target is struck, the latter is caused to vslightly move rearwardlywhereby the-hook-shaped bar e of the struck section releases the corresponding number plate z' which by its own weight will be caused to swing' around thespindle z. into vertical position, exposing itsnu'mber through a hole a in the cover a? and indicating the distance of the section from the bulls eye.

To return the released number plates to their normal position, that is into engagement with the corresponding hooked bars e, I provide a finger j for each plate i, which lingers are fixed to the spindle L and are adapted when turned with the latter -to eni gage the upper or inwardly bent'portions '1I' of the corresponding plates so as to swing the latter inwardly and upwardly into engagement with the corresponding hooked bars e.

For the manipulation of theV spindle h I provide a crank lever IL Secured to or inte; gral with the spindle L which lever projects rearwardly into the casing and is connected to a'l spring h2 secured to the bottom of the a2 and to which bar a cord or wire (not shown) may be attached.

The bars e and f are arranged in an inclined position relative to the vertical plane, so that by the displacement of the corresponding section they will by their own gravity cause the return of the displaced disk into normal position.4 The cross bar a extending through the casing below the center ofthe'l sections of the target disk and behind the latter serves as a stop limiting the forwardv and rearward movements of the target sections. The bars e and f may be spaced apart by pins le passed through loops e, fa formed at the ,upper ends oft-he bars e and f which pins are driven into the rear wall of the casing.

The lateral swinging movement of the targetsections may be limited by pins a5' projecting rearwardly from the cross bar a@ between the sets of bars 'e and f.

What claim and 'desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a target, the combination with a tar-` get disk, composed of individual concentric sections, of a horizontal spindle, sets of ,sus-

having hook-shaped ends, a spring actuated y spindle, freely" movable number plates thereon, one for each target sectidn adapted to normallyv rest on the hook-shaped ends of said suspension levers, and manually operated ngers on said spindle adapted to engage said number plates to reset the latter.

v In testimony whereof I aliX my signaturev A in presence 0f two witnesses. f

` OTTO KLEIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. HARE, D. KLEIN. 

